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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2019,  Regents of the University of California,
+ *                           Arizona Board of Regents,
+ *                           Colorado State University,
+ *                           University Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne University,
+ *                           Washington University in St. Louis,
+ *                           Beijing Institute of Technology,
+ *                           The University of Memphis.
+ *
+ * This file is part of NFD (Named Data Networking Forwarding Daemon).
+ * See AUTHORS.md for complete list of NFD authors and contributors.
+ *
+ * NFD is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
+ * of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
+ * either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * NFD is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
+ * without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+ * PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * NFD, e.g., in COPYING.md file.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef NFD_DAEMON_MGMT_MANAGER_BASE_HPP
+#define NFD_DAEMON_MGMT_MANAGER_BASE_HPP
+
+#include "command-authenticator.hpp"
+
+#include <ndn-cxx/mgmt/dispatcher.hpp>
+#include <ndn-cxx/mgmt/nfd/control-command.hpp>
+#include <ndn-cxx/mgmt/nfd/control-parameters.hpp>
+#include <ndn-cxx/mgmt/nfd/control-response.hpp>
+
+namespace nfd {
+
+using ndn::mgmt::Dispatcher;
+using ndn::nfd::ControlCommand;
+using ndn::nfd::ControlParameters;
+using ndn::nfd::ControlResponse;
+
+/**
+ * @brief A collection of common functions shared by all NFD managers,
+ *        such as communicating with the dispatcher and command validator.
+ */
+class ManagerBase : noncopyable
+{
+public:
+  class Error : public std::runtime_error
+  {
+  public:
+    using std::runtime_error::runtime_error;
+  };
+
+  virtual
+  ~ManagerBase();
+
+  const std::string&
+  getModule() const
+  {
+    return m_module;
+  }
+
+protected:
+  /**
+   * @warning if you use this constructor, you MUST override makeAuthorization()
+   */
+  ManagerBase(const std::string& module, Dispatcher& dispatcher);
+
+  ManagerBase(const std::string& module, Dispatcher& dispatcher,
+              CommandAuthenticator& authenticator);
+
+PUBLIC_WITH_TESTS_ELSE_PROTECTED: // registrations to the dispatcher
+  // difference from mgmt::ControlCommand: accepts nfd::ControlParameters
+  using ControlCommandHandler = std::function<void(const ControlCommand& command,
+                                                   const Name& prefix, const Interest& interest,
+                                                   const ControlParameters& parameters,
+                                                   const ndn::mgmt::CommandContinuation done)>;
+
+  template<typename Command>
+  void
+  registerCommandHandler(const std::string& verb,
+                         const ControlCommandHandler& handler);
+
+  void
+  registerStatusDatasetHandler(const std::string& verb,
+                               const ndn::mgmt::StatusDatasetHandler& handler);
+
+  ndn::mgmt::PostNotification
+  registerNotificationStream(const std::string& verb);
+
+PUBLIC_WITH_TESTS_ELSE_PROTECTED: // helpers
+  /**
+   * @brief Extracts the requester from a ControlCommand request.
+   *
+   * This is called after the signature has been validated.
+   *
+   * @param interest a request for ControlCommand
+   * @param accept callback of successful validation, takes the requester string as a argument
+   */
+  void
+  extractRequester(const Interest& interest, ndn::mgmt::AcceptContinuation accept);
+
+PUBLIC_WITH_TESTS_ELSE_PRIVATE:
+  /**
+   * @brief Returns an authorization function for a specific management module and verb.
+   */
+  virtual ndn::mgmt::Authorization
+  makeAuthorization(const std::string& verb);
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Validates the @p parameters for a given @p command.
+   *
+   * @param parameters the original ControlParameters
+   * @return whether the original ControlParameters can be validated
+   */
+  static bool
+  validateParameters(const ControlCommand& command,
+                     const ndn::mgmt::ControlParameters& parameters);
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Handles a control command.
+   */
+  static void
+  handleCommand(shared_ptr<ControlCommand> command,
+                const ControlCommandHandler& handler,
+                const Name& prefix, const Interest& interest,
+                const ndn::mgmt::ControlParameters& params,
+                ndn::mgmt::CommandContinuation done);
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Generates the relative prefix for a handler by appending the verb name to the module name.
+   *
+   * @param verb the verb name
+   * @return the generated relative prefix
+   */
+  PartialName
+  makeRelPrefix(const std::string& verb)
+  {
+    return PartialName(m_module).append(verb);
+  }
+
+private:
+  std::string m_module;
+  Dispatcher& m_dispatcher;
+  CommandAuthenticator* m_authenticator = nullptr;
+};
+
+template<typename Command>
+inline void
+ManagerBase::registerCommandHandler(const std::string& verb,
+                                    const ControlCommandHandler& handler)
+{
+  auto command = make_shared<Command>();
+
+  m_dispatcher.addControlCommand<ControlParameters>(
+    makeRelPrefix(verb),
+    makeAuthorization(verb),
+    bind(&ManagerBase::validateParameters, std::cref(*command), _1),
+    bind(&ManagerBase::handleCommand, command, handler, _1, _2, _3, _4));
+}
+
+} // namespace nfd
+
+#endif // NFD_DAEMON_MGMT_MANAGER_BASE_HPP